Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16571, Samuel Fall, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Wass
Fall, Samuel Judith
N 16571
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7566 11
New Hampshire Roll
Samuel Fall of the Town of Bartlett in the state of New Hampshire who was a corporal, in the regiment commanded by Colonel Alden of the Massachusetts line, for the term of six years. W.P.
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 13 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th of March 1819 and sent to Elias Merrill Esq. Judge Bartlett Coos Co. N.H.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 10 mo. \frac{10}{30} \frac{4}{31} - 85:03 Semi-annual all'ce ending 4 th June 1819 - 40:
$ 133:03
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
1473. Continued

Notification sent to John Willson. Esq r 19 Sep r . 1820.
Leicester N.H.

I John Hinison of Dummer in the County of Oxford in the State of Massachusetts. Do testify and say, that I was a fellow soldier in the Army of the United States in the revolutionary war, with the weather named Samuel Fall, from the month of April A D 1782 untill the month of June A 1783 John Hinerson
Court S 3 July 23 rd 1818
then personally appearing the above named John Hinerson and made oath to the above by him subscribed before me
Peter Mearce J Associate Judge of the C. C. Pleas in Horse County

I Samuel Hall resident citizen of the United States of America an Inhabitant of the town of Marlitt in the County of Coos & State of New Hampshire, aged 62 years on 20th December 1780 at Lebanon in the State of Massachusetts, in the month of June 1776 I enlisted into the company commanded by Capt. Lunt of the regiment commanded by Col o Willard for the term of six months. I served agreeable to my enlistment, and that at Ticonderoga in the State of New York in the month of November 1776 I enlisted again into the army of the United States into the company commanded by Capt. Luke Day of the Seventh Massachusetts regiment commanded by Col o Ichabod Allen for opening the war, to serve as a private soldier in the war of the revolution, and that I served agreeable to said enlistment until the month of June 1783, when I received an honorable discharge from service, at the town of New Windsor in the State of New York, that during my last my discharge and that I was in the battles of Ticonderoga, Still- -water, Saratoga, Bennington, Brattleboro, and I further declare that I am not borne on any pension list, and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, am in need of assistance from my country for support, wherefore I pray that this application may be transmitted to the Secretary of War to the end that I may be pla- -ced on the pension list of the United States aforesaid agreeable to an act of Congress passed March 18 th 1818 entitled an Act to pro- -vide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war.
Samuel Hall
I Levi Packard of Marlitt in the County of Coos & State of N.H. do hereby certify and say that I was fellow soldier in the revolutionary war with the above named Samuel Hall from July 1777 until the month of April 1780, and that I then received my discharge & left the army of the United States and left said Hall in the army.
Levi Packard
Marlitt May 27 th 1818
We the subscribers selectmen of the town of Marlitt for said year do hereby certify that Mr. Samuel Hall an old revolutionary soldier, resides in this town and has for more than twenty years, and that he has no property has a large family to support, by the daily labour of his hand, & that he is in very ready circumstances.
John Pinder } Selectmen Ned Hall } of Marlitt

I Samuel Fall a resident citizen of the United States of America an Inhabitant of the town of Marlitt in the County of Coos & State of New Hampshire, aged 62 years on 20th December that at Lebanon in the State of Massachusetts, in the month of June A D 1776 I enlisted into the company commanded by Capt Lunt of the regiment commanded by Col o William for the term of six months. I served agreeable to my enlistment, until that at P'keepsie in the State of New York in the month of November A D 1776 I enlisted again into the army of the United States into the company commanded by Capt Luke Day of the Seventh Massachusetts regiment commanded by Col o Ichabod Allen for during the war, to serve as a private soldier in the war of the revolution, and that I served agreeable to said enlistment until the month of June A D 1783, when I received an honorable discharge from service, at the town of New Milner in the State of New York, that I may since lose my discharge and that I was in the battles of Saratoga, Still- -water, Coopershill, Newtown hills, & at  Red Bank and I further declare that I am not borne on any pension list, and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, am in need of assistance from my country for support, wherefore I pray that this application may be transmitted to the Secretary of war to the end that I may be pla- -ced on the pension list of the United States aforesaid agreeable to an act of Congress passed March 18 th 1818 entitled an Act to pro- -vide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war,
Samuel G. All.
I Levi Chubbuck of Marlinton in the County of Bar & State of W. Va. do hereby certify and say that I never fell one soldier in the revolutionary war with the above named Samuel Hall from July 1777 until the month of April 1780. and that I then received my discharge left the army of the United States and I said fall in the army.
Dear Sir: April 13 th 1818
personally appearing the above named Lena Chalebach and made oath to the truth of her Subscribed before me
Plea Mover } associate judge of the } C.C. Pleas in & for said } county of Linn

State of New Hampshire Coos Co. ss. on the 23 rd day of April A.D. 1818. before me the subscriber one of the judges of the court of common pleas in & for said County. personally appears Samuel Full aged 62 years resident in the town of in the town of Bartlett in said County of Coos, who being by me first duly sworn accor- -ding to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration. in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled: an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war, that he the said Samuel Full enlisted in the town of Concord in the state of Massachusetts for five months, in to the company commanded by Capt. Samuel of the regiment commanded by Col. Melverd, in the month of June 1776. and in the month of November following that he enlisted again, at a place called in the state of New York Giontaroga, in to the comp- -any commanded by Capt. Samuel of the seventh Massachusetts -its regiment commanded by Col. Isaac Steben, for during the war, that he continued in the service of the United States, until the month of June 1783 when he was discharged from service, in the town of New Minot in the state of New York, that he was in the battles at Fort Ann, & in the battle at Saratoga & Stillwater, in the battles at Cooerskill, the in battle at Newtown hills, and in the battle in York Town at the surrender of Genl. Cornwallis, and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services, sworn to and declared before me the day & year aforesaid. and I Silas Mearce Judge &c as aforesaid, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the the said Samuel Full did serve in the revo- -lutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration, against the com- -mon enemy. that he is in reduced circumstances & needs the assistance of his country for support I now transmit the foregoing testimony taken & had before me, to the Secretary for the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid act of Congress, of March 18 th A.D. 1818
Silas Mearce
Deputy Judge of the C.C. Pleas in & for said County of Coos

John Willson Clerk of the court of common pleas in & for the County of Coos & State of New Hampshire, do hereby certify that that the above named Silas Merrill is an associate judge of the court of common pleas in & for said County of Coos, duly commissioned & sworn to to the faithful discharge of the duties attached to the off- ice of an associate judge in & for said County, and that the above application and caption is in the hand writing of the said judge, in testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said court at Lancaster the 24 th day of May A D 1878
John Willson C.C.C. Pleas
Samuel Fall
Esq.

copy Garnet Fall's Declaration of Schedule
7.566
Sept 10/19
copy

Coos - P. State of New Hampshire On this 11 th day of Sept r 1828 personally appeared Samuel Fell of Bartlett in the County of Coos and State of New Hampshire
Before William Lovjoy & John Pendexter Jr } Judges of the
Court of Common Pleas in the County of Coos being a Court of record in and for this said County, before me the person of Samuel Fell was being first duly sworn in open Court according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows (viz) I was drafted in seventeen hundred and seventy six for six months and a few days before my time expired I again enlisted for during the War in the Regiment - Com- manded by Col: Jacob Hubbard in the Company Com- manded by Captain Luke Day and in the line of the State of Massachusetts - The date of my original declaration in order to obtain a pension is the 13 th day of April 1818 The number of my pension certificate is 7566 I have received a pension and I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of Mar- ch 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of any property any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress entitled An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not - nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. My occupation is a cultivator of the soil but I am not of sufficient ability to pursue it by reason of faintness at the stomach which

has attended for twenty years past in family residing with me Judah Fall my wife aged fifty years Rebekah Fall my daughter aged twenty years Isaac Fall my son aged seventeen years Lydia Fall my daughter aged fourteen Their capacity to contribute to their support Judah Fall is very unable to do anything towards her support by reason of her age loss of eye sight and other infirmities which attend her Rebekah Fall and Isaac Fall are able to support themselves by her Fall can partially support herself
Samuel Fall
Schedule
containing the whole estate and income of Samuel Fall of Bartlett in the County of Coos State of New Hampshire (his necessary clothing and bedding excepted) by him subscribed attested to the court of common Pleas for the County Coos in the State of New Hampshire on the Eleventh day of July 1820 and annexed to his oath (viz)
  one poor Horse aged twenty years valued at $20.00   One Cow valued 12.00   One year old Heifer valued 4.00   one Spring Calf valued 2.50   Three one year old swine Do 5.00   One good and one poor one Do 2.00   one Small Harrow teeth Iron and very small do 2.00   Set of Irons for a plough very much worn do 1.00   one pail and half kettle Do 75   one Iron pot 75   one Iron Tea Kettle Do 50   one five pail Kettle cracked to top to bottom 50   one frying pan 75   One table very old made of pine wood Do 50   Four old common chairs nearly worn out def 3.75 
Samuel Fall

17 Sworn to and declared at Lancaster in said county on the eleventh day of July A.D. 1820 —
before Wm Lloyd
John Pindar Jr } Judges of the said Court —
Attest John Willson Clerk
I John Willson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County of Lancaster do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of the said Court and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Fifty three dollars twenty five cents —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court on this 11 th day of July A.D. 1820. —
John Willson Clerk " "

1815
Portsmouth N.H.
Judith Fall widow of Samuel Fall decd
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the 28th May 1837 of Stratford in the State of N.H. who was a Corporal in the Compy B. commanded by Captain Keeps of the Regt. commanded by Col Glenn in the Mil line for 6 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Portsmouth N.H. at the rate of 85 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. 28th May 1837
Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of Feb. 1839 and sent Hon. Jas. Farrington H.C. of Reps
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1835 $220.00 Semi-annual allowance ending Nov. 39, 44.00 $264.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by H.H. Addison Clerk, Book et Vol. 12 Page 40

C.1788 DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, of the 7th July, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
STRAFFORD SS.—On this thirteenth day of September A.D. 1838. personally appeared before the Hon Daniel C. Atkinson Judge of the Court of Probate of said county Judith Fall a resident of Eaton in the County of Strafford, aged seventy eight years, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows:" That she is the widow of Samuel Fall who was a Private in the War of the Revolution and a Pensioner of the United States under the act of 1818.
She further declares that she was married to the said Samuel Fall on the eighth day of January in the year seventeen hundred and eighty four that her husband, the aforesaid Samuel Fall died on the twenty eighth day of May A.D. 1837. that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, viz: at the time above stated. Judith F. Fall
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before me marks in open court.
Daniel C. Atkinson Judge of Probate

State of New Hampshire
Mafford ss. I Ira H. Eastman Registrar of Probate of Said County hereby certify that the within named Daniel C. Athinson is Judge of Probate of Said County and that the within is his true and genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Probate of Said County this thirteenth day of September A.D. 1838.
Ira H. Eastman Registrar of Probate

Judith Fall Wid of Samuel M.H. At July 7 1838 Married 1784 died 1837
Allow 2 d per caput $88 per ann from 28 May 1837
C. 1788
Hor Jas Fenwick H.R.

Extract from the Records of the Town of Berwick in the County of York and State of Maine under the head of Marriages Solemnized by the Revd Matthew Merriam Minister of the Gospel in said Town is the following Entry viz t Seventeen hundred and eighty four January the eighth Samuel Hall with Judith Stanton both of Berwick I Joseph Prime clerk of said Town of Berwick certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the Records with the exception of the date which is expressed on the Records in fair legible figures as fol- lows viz t "1784 January 8 th "
Joseph Prime Town Clerk I Joseph Prime above named depose testify and say that I hold the office of Town clerk in the Town aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the Records of the same Town with the exceptions afore- said as certified by me
Joseph Prime Town Clerk
State of Maine
County of York ss September the 1 st 1838 Subscribed and Sworn to by the above named Joseph Prime
Before me Wm. A. Hayes Just. Peace
I William A. Hayes Justice of the Peace certify that Joseph Prime above named who is well known to me is a Man of truth and veracity and his Statements are entitled to full credit
Wm. A. Hayes Just. Peace
State of Maine
Yorke ss. I Hiram H. Hobbs Clerk of the Judi- cial Courts within and for said County hereby certify that William A. Hayes is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County and that the above Signatures purporting to be his, are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal this 3 rd day of September A.D. 1838. Hiram H. Hobbs Clerk

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 165-71
Judith Hall Widow of Samuel Hall Corp. Rev. War
Act: July 7 th 1838
Index:—Vol. a , Page 227
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1930-Mch. 28-Heckler Hale adv. date of death

Samuel Fall N.H. Concord Agency Act 1878. When paid? H.H.S.
Mr. Hany 3 Aud. Off
Disc 28 May 1837 p. 1. that paid H.H.

C.1788

I Jonathan T. Chase of lawful age testify and say that I was personally acquainted with Samuel Full Hall late of Eaton a revolutionary pensioner and that he died at said Eaton on or about the twenty eighth day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven and left a widow by the name of Judith Hall who has not since that time been married and is still living Jan a 1 st 1838 J. T. Chase
State of New Hampshire - Stafford ss September 13. - 1838 subscribed and sworn to by the above named Jonathan T. Chase before me
Zara Cullen Justice of the Peace
I Zara Cullen Justice of the Peace for the County of Stafford certify that the above named Jonathan T. Chase is a man of truth and veracity and his statements are entitled to full credit
Zara Cullen Just. Peace
State of New Hampshire Stafford ss.
I the undersigned Registrar of Probate of said County hereby certify that the above named Zara Cullen is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County and that the above are his true and genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Probate of said County this thirteenth day of September A.D. 1838.
M c A. Eastman Registrar of Probate

FLETCHER HALE 1ST DIST. NEW HAMPSHIRE
COMMITTEE: NAVAL AFFAIRS
Congress of the United States House of Representatives Washington, D. C.
March 26, 1930.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
My dear Mr. Commissioner:
A constituent writes me:
"I am trying to get a record of the death of my ancestor, Samuel Fall, a soldier who was granted a pension in 1819, and if I can find when his last pension was paid, it will give me the year of his death."
If you will cause the records of your Bureau to be searched, and give me any facts concerning date of death of this man, I will appreciate it.
Very truly yours,

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
AWF/HMM
March 28, 1930.
Hon. Fletcher Hale House of Representatives Washington, D.C.
My dear Mr. Hale:
I am in receipt of your letter requesting information relative to the date of death of Samuel Fall, who was granted a pension in 1819 for his services in the War of the Revolution.
I have the honor to advise you that in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 16571, it appears that Samuel Fall died May 28, 1837.
Very truly yours,
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.